AUSTIN COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES

SPAN 202A.............Fall, 2005

MWTHF, 12:30-1:20PM

(AD 208)

Instructor: Dr. Patrick Duffey, Associate Professor of Spanish

Office: AD 207A

Office Hours: MWF 9:30-10am and 4-4:30pm, Fri. 11am-noon

Office Phone: 2364
 

HomePage Address:
http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/cml/pduffey/PD.html

texts, other resources, description of course, attendance, grading, academic integrity policy, course outline

Suite number: 61555

Email: pduffey@austincollege.edu

 

Required Texts:

 

1.  Punto y aparte, 2a edición by Foerster, Lambright and Alfonso-Pinto

2.  Manual que acompaña Punto y aparte by Foerster, Lambright, and Alfonso-Pinto

3.  Lecturas literarias para acompañar Punto y aparte by Lambright, Foerster, and Marcano-Ogando

   

Other resources:
ON-LINE:

McGraw Hill website for Punto y aparte

Diccionario VOX Advanced Inglés/Español

Games for Sp 202

The point of this class is to teach you as much Spanish as possible. If you want to learn more, and possibly earn some extra credit, here's how:

1. Get a Spanish-language pen pal via the internet. Go to
Intercambio Cultural Español Inglés http://www.lingolex.com/ceengf.htm or http://www.LanguageTrade.com/ LanguageTrade™ Using this site, it is possible to speak to people in Hispanic countries via Yahoo Instant Messenger and your computer's microphone.

2. Practice grammatical structures on the web:
http://mld.ursinus.edu/~jarana/Ejercicios/
©Juan Ramón de Arana
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/index.html
©Barbara Kuzcun Nelson
http://www.indiana.edu/%7Ecall/ejercicios.html
©Juan Manuel Soto Arriví

 I. Description of the course. Sp 202 is the fourth course in AC's Spanish language program. This course focuses on communicative skills. Class time will be devoted primarily to discussions of readings, oral practice, listening comprehension practice, and vocabulary acquisition. Students are expected to review grammar rules and forms outside of class. Most of the grammar encountered in this class will not be new to you. This is because the purpose of the course is not to learn new rules and forms, but rather to learn to apply the rules in communicative situations.

There are seven communicative goals for this course:

  • describing and comparing in detail
  • narrating in the present
  • narrating in the past
  • narrating in the future
  • giving advice, expressing opinions and reacting to dramatic events and situations
  • talking about likes and dislikes and explaining why
  • hypothesizing about both personal and impersonal topics

In both oral and written work, you will learn to support your opinions clearly and convincingly. The course will be taught entirely in Spanish.

II. Attendance. Regular attendance is especially important in language classes. Students may make up any exam, quiz, or other assignment only if the absence occurs as a result of participation in an official Austin College athletic or other event, a serious illness, or some other unavoidable circumstance beyond the student's control.

III. Grading.

Major exams (2)

30%

Final exam

20%

Compositions (2)

8%

Attendance/participation

6%

Oral component

20%

Quizzes

6%

Workbook

10%

 

N.B. Late homework will not be accepted unless it is due to circumstances beyond the student's control. If you must turn in an assignment late, please let me know in advance.

A. Major exams (30%)

There will be two major exams, each covering two chapters.

B. Final exam (20%)

The final exam will be comprehensive.

C. Writing assignments (8%)

Each student will write two compositions during the semester, each one of 500 words. The topics of these compositions will be specified later.

D. Oral component (20%)

Every Friday during the semester, small groups of students will meet with me for 10-15 minute conversations, during which they will discuss a short story from  Lecturas literarias para acompañar Punto y aparte.   I will divide the class into two conversation groups, Grupo A and Grupo B.

E. Vocabulary and other quizzes (6%)

Throughout the semester, I will give quizzes on both vocabulary and grammatical structures and forms.

F. Workbook (10%)

You will be responsible for completing the workbook assignments as indicated in the course outline. If the assignment ends in the middle of a page, complete the page, but hold on to it until you turn it in with the next assignment. You will receive full credit only after you have completed the assignment, checked your answers with another color of ink, and handed in the assignment on time. An answer key is provided at the back of the Manual so that students may check their own work.

IV. Academic integrity policy

It is understood that all students are subject to the rules of conduct set forth in the Austin College academic integrity policy. It is also understood that the instructor reserves the right to modify this syllabus as needed during the semester.

V. El bosquejo del curso.

PYA=Punto y aparte
LL=Lecturas literarias para acompañar Punto y aparte
WKB=Manual que acompaña Punto y aparte

Semana 1

W Aug 31   Introducción. Programa. Repaso de los puntos clave. Para Empezar, 1-11.

Tarea: 1. WKB 1-6.
2. Escribe una "autobiografía" de 150 palabras.

TH Sep 1    PYA 11-16.

Tarea: WKB 7-17

F Sep  2    CONVERSACION I-grupo A (AD 207A)

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Semana 2

M Sep 5           PYA 18-23

Tarea: WKB 21-25

W Sep  7              PYA 24-30

Tarea: 1. WKB 26-35

TH Sep 8    Cultura, conversación y composición

F Sep  9   CONVERSACION I-grupo B

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Semana 3

M Sep 12      PYA 31-35

Tarea: 1. WKB 35

2. Lectura: PYA 36-38

3. Preparar las fichas, PYA 41-42.

W Sep 14       Capítulo 1 Lectura. Las fichas.

Tarea: WKB 36 **(para lunes): En la pág. 36, WKB, haz "Portafolio de lecturas "usando las publicaciones de la lista o en esta dirección: http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/cml/pduffey/noticias.html

TH Sep 15    Cultura, conversación y composición

F Sep  16   CONVERSACION II-grupo A

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Semana 4

M  Sep 19           Capítulo 2 (43-49)

Tarea: WKB 41-43

W Sep 21   PYA 50-56
Tarea: 1. WKB 44-56

TH Sep 22    Cultura, conversación y composición

F  Sep 23   CONVERSACION II-grupo B
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Semana 5

M Sep 26            PYA 56-63
Tarea: 1. WKB 57; En la pág. 58, WKB, (vier): haz "Portafolio de lecturas."

W Sep 28          Capítulo 2.  Lectura PYA 63-68.
Tarea: 1. Estudia para Examen I

2. WKB 58-9 (Prueba diagnóstica)

TH Sep 29    Cultura, conversación y composición

F Sep 30            EXAMEN I

Semana 6

M Oct 3            Capítulo 3 PYA 72-80
Tarea: WKB 65-67

W Oct 5              Capítulo 3 PYA 80-86.
Tarea: 1. WKB 68-74

TH Oct 6    Cultura, conversación y composición

F Oct 7          FALL BREAK

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Semana 7

M Oct 10             Capítulo 3 Las fichas. PYA 87-92

Tarea: 1. WKB 75-80

2. En la pág. 80, WKB, (lun): haz "Portafolio de lecturas,"

3. WKB Haz "¡A escribir!," WKB 72-3. (Te daré un video.) La composición debe ser de 500 palabras. Esta reseña es Composición I. Es para lunes.

4. Lectura, PYA 92-95

W Oct 12             Lectura, PYA 92-95. Capítulo 4 PYA 102-107.

Tarea: 1. WKB 105-106

TH Oct 13    Cultura, conversación y composición

F Oct 14   CONVERSACION III-grupo A   

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Semana 8

M Oct 17           Capítulo 4 PYA 108-114.
Tarea: 1. WKB 107-113

W Oct 19         Capítulo 4 Lectura. PYA 109-113. Composición preliminar en clase (114).

1. WKB 114-119

2. Lectura, PYA 212-124.

TH Oct 20   Cultura, conversación y composición

F Oct 21           Conversación III-grupo B

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Semana 9

M Oct 24                Las fichas. Lectura. REPASO.

Tarea: 1. Estudia para Examen II

WKB 120-122. Prueba diagnóstica.

W Oct 26              Examen II

TH Oct 27   Cultura, conversación y composición

F Oct 28           Conversación IV-grupo A

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Semana 10

M Oct 31                Capítulo 5 PYA 132-137.

Tarea: 1. WKB 127-128.

W Nov 2          Capítulo 5 PYA 138-145.

Tarea: 1. WKB 129-132.

2. Lectura (para lunes) PYA 152-155.

TH Nov 3   Cultura, conversación y composición

F Nov 4                CONVERSACION IV-grupo B

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Semana 11

M Nov 7         Las fichas. PYA 146-151. Lectura PYA 152-155.

Tarea: 1. WKB 133-138

2. ¡A Escribir! WKB 139 (Te daré un video.) La composición debe ser de 500 palabras. Esta reseña es Composición II. Es para lunes.

W Nov 9    PYA 166-171.

Tarea: 1. WKB 143-145

TH Nov 10   Cultura, conversación y composición

F Nov 11                CONVERSACION V-grupo A

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Semana 12

M Nov 14           PYA 172-179
Tarea: WKB 146-150

W Nov 16             Capítulo 6 PYA 180-188.

Tarea: 1. WKB 151-155.

TH Nov 17   Cultura, conversación y composición

F Nov 18                  Conversación V-grupo B

Semana 13

M Nov 21                   La música y los bailes latinoamericanos
Tarea: 1. WKB 157-158.

LAS VACACIONES

Semana 14

M Nov 28              Las fichas. REPASO para el examen.

W  Nov 30            Cultura, conversación y composición.

TH Dec 1           REPASO para el examen.  La parte oral del examen.

F  Dec 3                  Conversación VI-grupo A

M Dec 6                 Conversación VI-grupo B

T         Dec 7        9-11am        EXAMEN FINAL